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re: How did you find new music pre-internet?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:51 pm to Midget Death Squad
Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:51 pm to Midget Death Squad
Well, see back in the olden days, people used to actually be able to hear new music outside of the Top 40 pop songs on the radio as well as on mtv. That all started changing in the early 90's as Classic Rock radio really began taking over in popularity. By the end of the 90's, rock was by and large off of pop radio, new rock radio stations were in decline, and music was mostly gone from mtv. By the end of the following decade, rock radio simply ceased to exist outside of major media markets.
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Posted on 4/15/16 at 12:54 pm to High C
Zines
Posted on 4/15/16 at 2:13 pm to TAJSJ
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in early 70s my friends and I would swap and make copies of 8 track tapes. Yep...8 tracks. Nothing like listening to a 5th generation 8 track but we played them loudly & proudly. Mid to late 70s, when FM radio really started to take off, I still remember the day I hooked up an old TV antenna to my stereo. We were on the fringe for Atlanta FM radio reception. My "high tech" antenna brought a multitude of new stations booming in. Hell, it would even light up the "STEREO" light. I almost cried.
I enjoyed reading this. It's great to see a nostalgic experience that we prior to my time. I was an 80s/90s child, so this was just prior to my experience. I barely remember having 8tracks from my kiddie years, but I do recall having a bunch of records. I held onto these for a while.
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Music "sharing" didn't just start with the internet.
No it didn't! I would sit back with my records and FM radio on many nights and record with my tape deck. When CDs became popular they started printing the warning labels stating not to record them. Funny story is I had one friend who was so afraid to get caught that he would never lend me his CDs to record nor take any tapes of mine that had recordings on them
Posted on 4/15/16 at 3:01 pm to Midget Death Squad
Back when you could call the radio station, request a song and tell them you were going to record it and they would play an I rro for you so you could hit record
Posted on 4/15/16 at 3:08 pm to Midget Death Squad
I worked at Stan's Records in distribution. All the new albums and singles came to Stan's and I was responsible for distributing samples to all the stations in a four-state area. Somehow, not sure how, 
my address for station WFAK ended up in the address list (which were metal stamps were used to create labels). I probably have the greatest album collection around these parts for musical acts you've never heard of from 1973 - 1977. 
my address for station WFAK ended up in the address list (which were metal stamps were used to create labels). I probably have the greatest album collection around these parts for musical acts you've never heard of from 1973 - 1977. 
Posted on 4/15/16 at 3:13 pm to Midget Death Squad
MTV, VH1, and radio on the 90s
Posted on 4/15/16 at 3:37 pm to MountainTiger
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Well the radio didn't suck back then
This is correct. Especially with early FM radio. Most rock stations would play complete album versions of songs instead of the shortened AM versions. Also most FM DJs didn't blab useless fluff that drowned out half the song intros. They would announce the song, shut up and let it rip. Some even had the audacity to play an entire album side, uninterrupted. What a concept. Radio was great back in the day. Really sad to see how it has devolved. You now have to purchase satellite radio to even get close now days. Been there and done that. Not worth it to me. Not when I can access gigabytes of my own music collection and play directly through my car/home stereo.
As for discovering new music in this day and time...Youtube.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 3:56 pm to TAJSJ
Like others have said, 120 minutes was greatness. Before that, USA network had a TV show called NightFlight that played some different stuff. New Wave Theater on Night Flight was my introduction to punk.....Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion....The Host was Peter Ivers was murdered in '83 and the show went off the air.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 4:07 pm to TAJSJ
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Radio was great back in the day. Really sad to see how it has devolved.
No shite. I worked in radio for a few years back in the early 2000's, and I would have friendly arguments with the program director. I would constantly suggest he start putting more songs in rotation and limit the play counts of the overplayed crap, and all he ever said was that's what listeners want to hear. I left every conversation with him frustrated
The sad part is that he and I had similar tastes in music, and he would have loved to have played more stuff. Unfortunately he, along with every other PD in the country, believes this garbage and stick to it.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 4:08 pm to Midget Death Squad
Anyone remember Sucker Free Sunday?
Posted on 4/15/16 at 4:20 pm to Midget Death Squad
FM radio
record stores
rolling stone
word of mouth
going to shows
record stores
rolling stone
word of mouth
going to shows
Posted on 4/15/16 at 4:25 pm to Midget Death Squad
MTV and radio djs.
MTV no longer plays music.
Radio stations for new music no longer exist to get new artists out there.
Radio Djs no longer play newer artists music.
MTV no longer plays music.
Radio stations for new music no longer exist to get new artists out there.
Radio Djs no longer play newer artists music.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 7:20 pm to Brosef Stalin
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but I first heard most of my favorite bands on MTV.
MTV hit the scene my freshman year of high school. All you had to do back then was watch new video releases on MTV. They were on the cutting edge of new music back then. Obviously way before internet.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 8:27 pm to Midget Death Squad
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The sad part is that he and I had similar tastes in music, and he would have loved to have played more stuff. Unfortunately he, along with every other PD in the country, believes this garbage and stick to it.
Did he really believe it or did he just have to toe the company line and play whatever swill the parent company mandated? I've always wondered about that. Hard to believe that the crap music programming now is profitable. Perhaps my music taste is too discerning? How dare I expect to be entertained by music.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 8:48 pm to Midget Death Squad
-Pressed two buttons to record radio on moms old gospel cassettes.
-Begged and bumbed dubbs from friends and classmates
-Sam Goody
-Tape world
-Bootleg from Texas. Underground rap ain't the only music bootlegged from TX!
-Begged and bumbed dubbs from friends and classmates
-Sam Goody
-Tape world
-Bootleg from Texas. Underground rap ain't the only music bootlegged from TX!
Posted on 4/15/16 at 8:55 pm to kingbob
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How did you find new music pre-internet?
120 Minutes/Headbangers Ball, KLSU, friends
Posted on 4/15/16 at 10:51 pm to genuineLSUtiger
Mtv kicked arse. I think it's all I watched at the time. It was to music at that time what ESPN was to college sports in recent years
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:10 pm to tigermeat
Yep, the cover art, use to give a good idea of what to expect.
Posted on 4/15/16 at 11:51 pm to Midget Death Squad
I know it was what the corporate music industry wanted, but I listened to the radio and went to the record store.
(Records were these discs of pressed vinyl that stored music in an analog form and were played back on a device called a "turntable" with a needle stylus to decode the music and play back through "loudspeakers." It was pretty rad, I must admit.)
I was also a Day 1 MTV viewer (
) - back when that station played music videos, much like a radio station would play musical recordings.
I would also take advice from those with similar music taste on what new music or new artist I should listen to.
(Records were these discs of pressed vinyl that stored music in an analog form and were played back on a device called a "turntable" with a needle stylus to decode the music and play back through "loudspeakers." It was pretty rad, I must admit.)
I was also a Day 1 MTV viewer (
) - back when that station played music videos, much like a radio station would play musical recordings. I would also take advice from those with similar music taste on what new music or new artist I should listen to.
Posted on 4/16/16 at 9:26 am to Midget Death Squad
People in Baton Rouge forget that WBRH (Baton Rouge High School) was a fantastic rock station. They played deep cuts on most albums. For example, they played AC/DC's "Givin the Dog a Bone" (Back in Black) and Van Halen's "Drop Dead Legs" (1984).
They were the only station in town that played Ozzy, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio--frickING DIO, MAN!, and pre-Hysteria Def Leppard, not to mention a myriad of others I can't name now.
They also played alternative music. I can't think of another station that would follow up Ronnie James Dio with Missing Persons.
But, typical Baton Rouge FM radio was awful. The DJs were just as rude and idiotic as they are now. Richard Condon was just getting his start, Randy Rice, Jim Nasium, Johnny A. All huge jerkoffs. However, being a teenager, I didn't really know any better, so they were "cool".
Once MTV started moving to more structured programming, and radio was moving to R&B and teeny bopper and boy band shite, I kind of stopped finding new music. When Beck swept the Grammies one year, I had never heard of him until that night.
TL;dr--I found new music through MTV and WBRH
They were the only station in town that played Ozzy, Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio--frickING DIO, MAN!, and pre-Hysteria Def Leppard, not to mention a myriad of others I can't name now.
They also played alternative music. I can't think of another station that would follow up Ronnie James Dio with Missing Persons.
But, typical Baton Rouge FM radio was awful. The DJs were just as rude and idiotic as they are now. Richard Condon was just getting his start, Randy Rice, Jim Nasium, Johnny A. All huge jerkoffs. However, being a teenager, I didn't really know any better, so they were "cool".
Once MTV started moving to more structured programming, and radio was moving to R&B and teeny bopper and boy band shite, I kind of stopped finding new music. When Beck swept the Grammies one year, I had never heard of him until that night.
TL;dr--I found new music through MTV and WBRH
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